Gen. Anthony Zinni to Discuss “America’s Role in a Changed World” at the Law School on Sept. 26, 2005
Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC (ret.), will speak at the Law School on Monday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. 
Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC (ret.), will present a lecture titled “America’s Role in a Changed World,” at 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, in room 119 at the Law School. The lecture, sponsored by the Law School and its Human Rights and National Security Law Program, is free and the public is welcome to attend.
For nearly 40 years, Gen. Zinni served in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising from a second lieutenant in command of an infantry company in Vietnam to a four-star general in charge of the U.S. Central Command – all the U.S. forces operating in a 25-nation area from the horn of Africa to the steppes of Central Asia. He also has served at presidential behest in diplomatic missions to Ethiopia-Eritrea, Pakistan and Somalia and also in State Department missions involving conflicts in Indonesia, the Middle East and the Philippines. Since his retirement from the Marine Corps in 2000, Gen. Zinni continued to serve his country as President George W. Bush’s special envoy to the Middle East and as the special envoy to the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. He has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq in interviews with the national media and also in a chronicle of his career titled Battle Ready, co-written with Tom Clancy.
Zinni, who also serves as a distinguished visiting professor at William & Mary, will be in residence at the Law School on September 26-27 as the 2005 Carter O. Lowance Fellow in Law and Public Policy. The fellowship honors the extraordinary contributions of the late Carter O. Lowance, who served as Chief of Staff to six Virginia governors and was Executive Vice President of the College of William & Mary. Established in 1989, the fellowship brings a distinguished public servant to campus each year for several days of lectures, discussions and meetings with students and members of the College community.
For more information, call 757-221-1840, lawcom@wm.edu.
(Media contact is Brian Whitson, 757-221-7876; bwwhit@wm.edu.)
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